The "rule of thumb" is that verticals are noisier because QRN (lightning crashes, etc.) are generally vertically-polarized. In my experience this is true on the lower frequency bands (e.g. 160 and 80 meters).
But there are a lot of other types of noise and noise sources. QRN that is propagated and radiated from power lines - which tend to be horizontal - may couple much better into a horizontal wire than a vertical, for example. Like all "rules of thumb", whether or not it is true depends a great deal on the "thumb", as Jim points out. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:10:27 -0400, Parker Buckley wrote: >I believe the ground system is key to the whole thing.....the ground >mounted >vertical is simply quieter than elevated ones. You may be right, but I suspect that the location of the antenna with respect to the noise is more likely the key. Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
